In response to officials' claims that Occupy Vancouver cost the city a million dollars in expenses over its 37-day life, ingenious protesters tallied up what they gave back in social services: over 37,000 meals worth $129,500 served, over $672,000 in primary medical care provided, over $92,000 worth of housing to 30 people given, etc. Others, they suggest, should try it.

"As an extra bonus, such an evaluation would also prove to be a source of unflappable encouragement for those protestors thanklessly working for the social betterment of an antagonistic world filled with uninformed water-cooler chatter, villainizing media pundits, and hostile civic and federal authorities."

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Lord, what would John Lennon have made of the Trump monster? Marking Thursday's 36th anniversary of Lennon's murder, Yoko Ono posted a plea for gun control, calling his death "a hollowing experience" and pleading, "Together, let's bring back America, the green land of Peace." With so many seeking solace in these ugly times, mourns one fan, "Oh John, you really should be here." Lennon conceded then, and likely would now, "Reality leaves a lot to the imagination."